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Paved and unpaved roadways, as well as railways, provide the main forms of '''transport in Madagascar'''. [[Madagascar]] has approximately {{convert|31640|km|mi|-1|abbr=on}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=2.3 Madagascar Road Network - Logistics Capacity Assessment - Digital Logistics Capacity Assessments|url=https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Madagascar+Road+Network|access-date=2021-11-12|website=dlca.logcluster.org}}</ref> of paved roads and 836 km of rail lines.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Rail lines (total route-km) - Madagascar {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.RRS.TOTL.KM?locations=MG|access-date=2021-11-12|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref> In 2010, Madagascar had {{convert|432|km|mi|-1|abbr=on}} of navigable waterways.<ref>Bradt (2011), p. 2.</ref> 

==Railways==
[[File:Railways on Madagascar.svg|thumb|200px|1000 mm railways in Madagascar]]
{{main|Rail transport in Madagascar}}
In 2018, Madagascar reported 836 km of rail lines.<ref name=":0" /> There are several rail lines and [[Railway stations in Madagascar|stations]] in Madagascar. [[Antananarivo]] is connected to [[Toamasina]], [[Ambatondrazaka]] and [[Antsirabe]] by rail, and another rail line connects [[Fianarantsoa]] to [[Manakara]]. The northern railway (TCE) is concessioned to [[Madarail]]. The southern line, [[Fianarantsoa-Côte Est railway|Fianarantsoa-Côte-Est railway]] (FCE), is a [[State-owned enterprise|parastatal]] line.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} 

==Roads==
{{see also|List of roads in Madagascar}}
[[File:Madagascar Transportation.jpg|thumb|A road map of Madagascar, as of 2003]]
{{excerpt|Driving in Madagascar|only=paragraphs}}
[[File:AmbatolampyOchsenkarren.jpg|thumb|left|In many places oxcarts are an important medium of transport, like in [[Ambatolampy]]]]

==Waterways==
[[File:Pirogue Madagascar.jpg|left|thumb|A pirogue on the Tsiribihina River]]
[[File:BrickavilleFluss1.jpg|thumb|Inland harbour on river Rianila in [[Brickaville]]]]
The relatively short rivers of Madagascar are typically of local importance only; isolated streams and small portions of Lakandranon' Ampangalana ([[Canal des Pangalanes]]) are navigated by [[pirogue]]. Coastal inter-city transport routes are found along the west coast.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Madagascar has 600 km of waterways, 432 km of which are navigable.<ref name=":0" />

==Ports and harbors==
The most important seaport in Madagascar is located on the east coast at Toamasina. Ports at [[Toliara]], [[Mahajanga]], and [[Antsiranana]] are significantly less used because of their remoteness.<ref name="LOC">{{cite web|editor-last = Metz |editor-first = Helen Chapin |editor-link = Helen Chapin Metz |year = 1994 |title = Library of Congress Country Studies: Madagascar |url=http://countrystudies.us/madagascar/ |access-date =1 February 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051109090930/http://countrystudies.us/madagascar/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 9 November 2005}}</ref> The island's newest port at [[Port d'Ehola]], constructed in 2008 and privately managed by [[Rio Tinto (corporation)|Rio Tinto]], will come under state control upon completion of the company's mining project near Tôlanaro around 2038.<ref name = RioTinto>{{cite web |title= About QMM |publisher= Rio Tinto |year= 2009 |access-date= 19 September 2012 |url= http://www.sherritt.com/Operations/Metals/Ambatovy-Joint-Venture|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120213230732/http://www.sherritt.com/Operations/Metals/Ambatovy-Joint-Venture |url-status= live |archive-date = 13 February 2012}}</ref> The country's principal cargo port is [[Toamasina Autonomous Port]].<ref>[http://madagascar.ictsi.com/about_us.htm Madagascar International Container Terminal Services, About us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126125156/http://madagascar.ictsi.com/about_us.htm |date=2009-01-26 }}</ref>

==Airports==
[[File:Ivato Intl Airport Antananarivo Madagascar.jpg|thumb|The exterior of Ivato International Airport]]
{{seealso|List of airports in Madagascar}}
The main international airport in Madagascar is [[Ivato International Airport]] in Antananarivo. [[Air Madagascar]] services the island's many small regional airports, which offer the only practical means of access to many of the more remote regions during rainy season road washouts.<ref name="LOC"/> There are 26 airports with paved runways and 57 airports with unpaved runways.<ref>{{Citation|title=Madagascar|date=2021-11-05|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/madagascar/#transportation|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|language=en|access-date=2021-11-13}}</ref> In 2018, Madagascar carried 544,458 air passengers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Air transport, passengers carried - Madagascar {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.AIR.PSGR?locations=MG|access-date=2021-11-12|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref> 

==See also==
* {{slink|List of airports by ICAO code: F#Madagascar}}

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book |last = Bradt |first= Hilary |title=Madagascar, 10th Ed.: The Bradt Travel Guide |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |location=London |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-84162-341-2 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uTRPnMlOcwgC}}

==External links==
* [http://www.helicopterscharter.com Helicopter Antananarivo] - Helicopter charter service in Antananarivo
* [http://www.bushhouse-madagascar.com/aerial_video.html Madagascar Helicopter] - Helicopter transfer service
* [http://www.riva-press.com/det.php?id=10 Report about Madarail and TCE (Tananarive-Côtes Est)] by photojournalist Rijasolo

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